Salary & Compensation | Stennis Institute of Government

The Stennis Institute offers a specialized service for Salary & Compensation Studies. Along with the Biennial Mississippi Municipal Salary Survey, The Institute has conducted similar studies for individual municipalities and communities.

About Our Studies

Personnel matters are of central importance to the operation of today’s municipal government. Indeed, the efficiency and effectiveness of a municipal government sits squarely on the shoulders of its personnel system.

These systems marked by arbitrary compensation levels, capricious decisions regarding promotion and termination, or wildly disparate management styles can cripple a municipality’s operation and lead to poor service delivery. In the past, many municipal governments have operated with only rudimentary personnel systems, or in some cases, without a personnel system of any type.

As increased citizen expectations related to the volume and quality of municipal service delivery increase the need for fair and equitable personnel systems increases as well.

Most Recent Studies

2021 Municipal Salary Survey 2022 First Responder Salary and Benefits Survey 2023 Municipal Salary and Benefits Survey Summary

2023 Mississippi Municipal Salary & Benefits Survey

Click on either link below to view the 2023 Mississippi Municipal Salary & Benefits Survey. Please note that this is an extremely large file, so it may take a moment to download.

Alphabetically

By Population

Click on the links below to view individual pages of the salary survey.

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Organizational & Compensation Analysis Overview

Compensation Analysis

External Labor Market

Internal Job Evaluation

Grade & Step Systems

Implementation

Survey Respondents

Salary Survey Statistical Summary	Percentages by Population
City Hall	Medical Insurance
Administrative	Dental Insurance
Public Works	Vision Insurance
Parks & Recreation	Short-Term Disability
Building Code & Enforcement	Long-Term Disability
Police Department	Paid Personal & Vacation
Fire Department	Paid Sick & Holidays
	Life Insurance
	Retirement & Longevity
	Miscellaneous Benefits
	Cost of Benefits
	Recruitment
	Retention

Salary & Benefits Alphabetically	Salary & Benefits by Population
City Officials Salaries	City Officials Salaries
Administrative Salaries	Administrative Salaries
Public Works Salaries	Public Works Salaries
Parks & Recreation Salaries	Parks & Recreation Salaries
Building Code & Enforcement Salaries	Building Code & Enforcement Salaries
Police Department Salaries	Police Department Salaries
Fire Department Salaries	Fire Department Salaries
Medical Insurance - Full-time	Medical Insurance - Full-time
Medical Insurance - Part-time	Medical Insurance - Part-time
Dental Insurance - Full-time	Dental Insurance - Full-time
Dental Insurance - Part-time	Dental Insurance - Part-time
Vision Insurance - Full-time	Vision Insurance - Full-time
Vision Insurance - Part-time	Vision Insurance - Part-time
Short-Term Disability - Full-time	Short-Term Disability - Full-time
Short-Term Disability - Part-time	Short-Term Disability - Part-time
Long-Term Disability - Full-time	Long-Term Disability - Full-time
Long-Term Disability - Part-time	Long-Term Disability - Part-time
Paid Personal & Vacation - Full-time	Paid Personal & Vacation - Full-time
Paid Personal & Vacation - Part-time	Paid Personal & Vacation - Part-time
Paid Sick & Holidays - Full-time	Paid Sick & Holidays - Full-time
Paid Sick & Holidays - Part-time	Paid Sick & Holidays - Part-time
Life Insurance - Full-time	Life Insurance - Full-time
Life Insurance - Part-time	Life Insurance - Part-time
Retirement & Longevity - Full-time	Retirement & Longevity - Full-time
Retirement & Longevity - Part-time	Retirement & Longevity - Part-time
Miscellaneous Benefits - Full-time	Miscellaneous Benefits - Full-time
Miscellaneous Benefits - Part-time	Miscellaneous Benefits - Part-time
Cost of Benefits	Cost of Benefits

Survey Instrument

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